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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Shet 1 A. L. GARFORD. VELOUIPEDE SADDLE.

Patented NOV. 1, 1892.

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A. L. GARFORD.

I VELOUIPEDE SADDLE.

No. 485,186. Patented Nov. 1, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR L. GARFORD, OF ELYRIA, OHIO.

VELOClPEDE-SADDLE.

SIEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,186, dated November1, 1892.

Application filed January 9, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. GARFORD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Velocipede-Saddles,ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to saddles for-bicycles, tricycles, and othersimilar vehicles, generically called velocipedes. My object is toproduce an easy-riding saddle, which may be made more or less elastic tosuit riders of different weights, and with which the rider will movedownward and rearward as the springs bend under his weight.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out definitelyin the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved saddle.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the main spring. Fig. 3 is an end view of theclamp which secures the seat-frame to the arm I). Fig. 4 is a side viewof a modified form of the spring 13. Fig. 5 is a side view of myimproved-saddle as applied to an ordinary wheel. Fig. 6 is a top view,and Fig. 7 a side view, of the spring B and its supportingbar madeintegral with each other.

Referring to the parts by letters, B represents the main spring, whichconsists, essentially, of two arms I? b and a connecting-loop 11 Thespring B is supported from the ends of its said arms, which, as shown inall the figures except Fig. 5, are connected, respectively, with theends of a bar A, and the spring B is made of such length that when soconnected the two arms thereof lie in diiferent planes at an angle witheach other. In what I believe to be the best construction the spring Bis made of one piece of round wire, so bent that each of the arms I) bconsists of two parallel strands, and each strand of the arm b isconnected with the corresponding strand of the arm I) by a coil 6 asshown. The two strands of the arm I? are connected at their ends by theintegral horizontal part b which serves as the pivot between said armand the bar A. The ends I) b of the wires which conderial No. 417,559.(No model.)

gether serve as a pivot, which connects said arm I) with the bar A. Theends of the bar A are provided with eyes, in which said pivots turn. Thespecific construction above described is that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

A represents a bar which is to be secured by a suitable clip to thesaddle-post or other device for supporting the saddle. This bar may berigid or slightly flexible, although I prefer to make it of a flat steelplate, so stiff that it will bend only a little, if at all.

0 represents the seat, andD its supportingframe. The frame may be aspring-frame or a rigid frame, as desired. It is attached to the arm I),with its rear end over the arm b, by means of a clip E, which may beadjusted upon said arm I). This clip is made of such form, substantiallyas shown, that it prevents the separation of the parts of the arm I),and thereby prevents the ends b b from coming out of the eye in the endof the bar A.

The bar A is attached to the saddle-tree in arm I) is substantiallyhorizontal. Under the riders weight the arm I) bends downward, therebywinding up'the coil 12 12 when the spring B is constructed, as in Figs.1 and 5, and unwinding it when the spring is constructed, as shown inFigs. 4, 6, and 7.

In Fig. 5 I show the saddle adapted to use on an ordinary bicycle. Theends of the spring B, instead of being attached to the bar A, arepivotally connected with the perch or backbone, the points of connectionbeing a suitable distance apart. The rear end of the spring is pivotedto a clamp which is adjustably secured to the backbone, whereby thetension of the spring, as well as the position of the arms 12 b, may bechanged.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I show the spring Band bar A made from a single pieceof wire. In this construction the connection of the front arm I) withthe barAis not literally a pivotal end of said arm I) which connectswith the loop moves in a path which is approximately an arc of a circle,of which the center is at or near its forward end.

To increase the elasticity of the saddle, the seat-frame is movedbackward on the arm I). To decrease the elasticity, it is moved forward.

such position, substantially as shown, that the connection, but it isits equivalent, since that 5 bar to which the ends of said springs are.piv-

otally connected, a clip for securing the bar to the saddle-support of avelocipede, and ,a, to seat secured to one arm of said spring,snbstantially as set forth. 7

2. In a velocipede-saddle, in combination,

a spring having two arms lying in different 1 planes, one substantiallyhorizontal, the other 15 extending downward and rearward, and an 7intermediate loop, suitable supports to which the ends of said springsare connected, and a seat secured to the horizontal arm of said pringwith its rear end over the inclined arm, substantially as set forth. I3. In a velocipede-saddle, in combination,

, a spring having two arms lying indifferent planes, onesubstantiallyhorizontal, the other extending downward and rearward, anda' 2 5 connecting integral loop, abar to which the ends of said springare pivote d,a clip adapted to connect said bar to the saddle-support,and

a seatsecured to the horizontal arm of said adapted to connect said barwith the saddlesupport, a seat, and a clip for adjustably securing theseat to the horizontal arm of said spring,rsubstantially as set forth.

5. In a velocipede-saddle, a springv consisting of one piece of wirehaving the arms I) I), each consisting of two parallel strands, the

connecting-loops 19 b the horizontal part 12 and the horizontal ends 19b in line with each other, com bined with the bar A, having eyes in itsends, a seat, and a clamp adapted to secure the seat to the arm b and tohold the two partsofsaid arm infi xed relation to each other, and meansfor securing'the bar A to 5 the saddle-support, substantially as setforth.

' ARTHUR L. GARFORD.

NVi tn esses:

FRANK. MILLER, M. S. INGHAM.

